![]() Perhaps if Micro$oft got into the DAW writing business there would suddenly be a clear winner and there would be a de facto standard.Īs it now stands, however, there are many, many, many, many different but equal contenders out there for your software dollar and market forces have not as yet reached any final decision. Microsoft windows became a standard by pretty much obliterating all competition to date.Īll the rest of the software world are still fighting it out. MIDI hardware and MIDI language was the result of a consensus by a consortium. Industry standards occasionally come to pass when huge corporations agree to a consensus on hardware devices or when a single corporation has obliterated all competition in a particular product line and by attrition of all other contenders simply do not possess enough market share to remain relevant. This should be of no great surprise to anyone who has been around computers and has not been living under a rock for any extended period during the past 30 years. Often there are patent and trademark and copyright issues attached to each data file format, so rather than face an army of lawyers and pay outrageous licensing fees, each company will simply design and copyright its own file format. Why is a Microsoft Word File not compatible with a Wordperfect File and not compatible with an OpenOffice File?ĭifferent DAWs are different softwares created by different individuals and different programmers. To answer your question I'll put to you another question. ![]()
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